As a kid, I often figured it was good to be patient to a fault.
Aimee Bender
I really like feeling connected to people and feeling like I have a good, solid sense of empathy.
I write on a very strict 2-hour-a-day schedule, and I really respond to structure and invented rules. So even if I'm finding out good information... →
Some creative writing programs seem evil, but my experience at Irvine was totally the opposite, where I feel like they were really good at focusing... →
I think teaching keeps me honest because if I'm up in front of a class talking about what I think is important about fiction while knowing I... →
You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets. Therefore... →
Hans Bender
Good and evil do not exist for me any more. The fear of evil is merely a mass projection here and on Earth.
I am not married yet, but I think ultimately in a good marriage it is the relationship which is the most important thing. It is not a matter of who... →
Lawrence Bender
I had one of those light bulb 'a ha' moments while screening 'Good Will Hunting' in Camp David in 1998 - Madeleine Albright and the... →
Being scared is really a good thing. It's being scared of being scared that's bad. Being scared of walking through your fear, going to a... →